Discontinued

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Charcoal on Paper

9" x 12"

This sketch was completed at home after a day trip to Crawford Notch, New Hampshire.  I've always been impressed by the ruggedness of nature as well as of those who, in this case literally, carved paths through the area allowing so many people to enjoy a view and an experience that they otherwise would never know.

I'm still working on developing a range of values, particularly in drawings or monochrome paintings.  I find the play of light and reflected light in this case off the rocks and the ground, to be fascinating and ever changing.  Capturing that play of light and shadow and reflections is likely as close as I will get to abstraction.

From this I will be completing at least four other subjects - watercolor and oil - in different seasons and times of day.

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Clouds Over Mountan Pond

This charcoal is 12" x 16" with a few highlights of gouache

Working in the studio today.

The bulk of this drawing was completed years ago and set aside.  That is something I will do from time to time.  Sometimes its because I've reached the point in a subject that I've reached the limit of my technical skills (In other words, I know what I want to achieve but I don't know how to do it yet) ,  More often than not, its because I am most inspired by source material (aka nature) so I'll work on a number of subjects at once leaving studio work for later.  

 I decided to experiment with this subject, adding to and changing the composition of the clouds, shadows on the mountains and reflections in the pond and some general touch up.

I also pursued some experimentation with tracing paper, pen and ink, on an oil composition of an Amish Farmer.  The two sketches below are future projects.  The top sketch is a compositional study for continued work on the oil of an Amish Farmer.  More on that subject in different posts.

The drawing below was also completed years ago.  A snowy hillside in Lewiston.  My next studio day of experiementation will involve this subject.